Celebrating Doug's 100th Birthday 0

Doug Engelbart (1925-2013)
[Photo Credit: CRN]

Please join us in celebrating this gentle and generous soul, whose life's work remains a gift that keeps on giving, and continues to inspire. This year let's celebrate Doug Engelbart's birthday week of January 30th through a 'Doug lens' – revisiting some of his epic accomplishments, including, and most importantly, his message to the future (that's you!). Why bother? Check out About Doug Engelbart, and "Why Listen to Doug Engelbart today?"

Below are some suggestions to get you started:

Doug's Message to the Future (that's you!) 3

Here's a quick read written by Doug which featured in the 20th Anniversary issue of BYTE Magazine, "Dreaming of the Future"

Check out Doug's Vision for the Future, and Pivotal Strategy for bootstrapping that future, and learn with Doug in the Engelbart Academy presenting his message to the future to a variety of audiences. And don't miss his capstone article Improving our ability to improve: A call for investment in a new future.

Check out Learn More for short list of links to top picks from the press, and Doug's papers.

Now You Do It! 4

Learn how you can put those strategic principles to work Bootstrapping Brilliance in your own initiatives, teams and organizations.

His Epic Pioneering Firsts 5

Browse our past anniversary Events, as well as gallery of Historic Firsts with links to detail on his constellation of interrelated pioneering breakthroughs. And not to brag, rather to get a feel for the breadth of impact from this earlier work, browse his recently enhanced Engelbart Awards Collection.

Bridging Past and Future 6

Doug Engelbart was always about the future – watch his vision unfold:
• 1962 Augmenting Human Intellect
• 1968 Goals, Strategy, Paradigm
• 1986 Augmented Knowledge Workshop
• 1991 Together We Can Get There!
• 1998 The Unfinished Revolution
• 1998 Bootstrap 'Paradigm Map'
• 2002 Vision Highlights

Doug's 85th Birthday 7a

Check out how we celebrated Doug's 85th birthday, with a big bash at The Tech museum and a stream of heartfelt tributes posted by family, friends, and colleagues.

Selected Quotes 7b

"You have changed my life, Doug. [...] I still can't put into words how much your life and work continue to mean to me, but I won't stop trying." (read more)
– Gardner Campbell, Baylor University

"Dear Doug,
You are the best. You positively changed the way the world works, thinks, and improves. Few achievements have been more significant. As important is the way you developed your innovations..." (read more)
– Curt Carlson, President & CEO, SRI International

"Doug, on your 85th
birthday, I wanted to let you know how fondly I recall our many conversations in my Logitech office. No matter how far the topic seemed from my day-to-day duties and preoccupations, every time, and I mean every time, I found nuggets in what you said that were relevant, applicable, creative, and inspiring. Your legacy is everywhere at Logitech,..." (read more)
– Guerrino De Luca, Chairman, Logitech International SA

About Doug 7c

Learn more About Doug through his bio, writings, patents, awards, military service, and more.